Asked just weeks before her death what young people were looking for, 27-year-old Janis Joplin was quick to answer: "Sincerity and a good time."

It's an apt description of what Joplin repeatedly delivered from stage, and it also neatly sums up "One Night With Janis Joplin," the amazing show - created, written and directed by Randy Johnson - now in town as a special Milwaukee Repertory Theater production. | May 7, 2013»Read Full Article(3)

Milwaukee native Andrew Marcus, whose documentary "Hating Breitbart" played in theaters last year, will debate the founding organizer of ACORN, the group Andrew Breitbart famously took on.

The debate with Wade Rathke - scheduled to air and stream online on Rathke's radio show on KABF-FM in Little Rock, Ark., where ACORN was founded - is scheduled for 10 a.m. May 17, according to a release from the movie's publicist. That same day, "Hating Breitbart" is scheduled to get a return trip to theaters (although as of Tuesday, none of those theaters is in Wisconsin) before coming out on DVD May 21. | May 7, 2013»Read Full Article

A University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee senior and a Franklin High School junior will direct and write this year's Collaborative Cinema production for the Milwaukee Film Festival.

Milwaukee Film announced Tuesday that the project, "Love You Still," was written by Franklin High School junior Katie Theel. Michael Viers, who's graduating from UWM's Department of Film, Video, Animation and New Genres, will direct. The movie will be filmed in late June with a full-scale professional crew, and will have its premiere at the 2013 festival. | May 7, 2013»Read Full Article

The South Shore Frolic Parade will return in 2013, South Shore Frolic organizers announced in a statement released Tuesday.

The two-mile parade, traditionally a highlight of the Bay View festival, did not take place in 2012 for financial reasons. But this year, thanks in part to a leadership gift from We Energies, organizers raised the more than $25,000 necessary to secure permits, pay city fees and stage the parade, according to the statement. | May 7, 2013»Read Full Article(6)

The Wisconsin Humane Society will play host to hundreds of dogs at the first "Tails on the Trail" dog walk followed by the free Bark Bash on May 11 from 10 a.m. to 2:p.m. at Greenfield Park in West Allis.

There are already 550 people pre-registered to walk with their dogs. | May 7, 2013»Read Full Article

Here is what I had to say about Saul Leiter and his New York in 2006 on the occasion of the first major museum exhibit dedicated to his color street photography:

Whether waiting for a bus, buying a newspaper on the street, watching over a storefront or just walking, the New Yorkers in Saul Leiter’s photographs possess a classic New York trait: They are alone in one of the most populous cities on earth.| May 7, 2013»Read Full Blog Post

Humorist and author David Sedaris will share his stories and wit in an appearance at 8 p.m. Nov. 1 at the Riverside Theater, the venue announced Tuesday.

Sedaris' most recent collection of essays, "Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls," came out last month. The frequent "This American Life" storyteller's previous bestsellers include "Naked," "Barrel Fever," "Me Talk Pretty One Day" and "Holidays on Ice." | May 7, 2013»Read Full Article

Have you ever heard of Rouben Mamoulian? I thought I had a pretty thorough database of important directors stored up in my brain, but this name eluded me until today.

But reading just a bit about his life and career accomplishments, it's clear that he deserves his due. One of his first claims to fame was directing a theatrical production of "Porgy" featuring an African-American cast -- in 1926. He was also the director that brought "Oklahoma!" to Broadway -- leading to a career in cinema that included directing Hollywood's first Technicolor feature, "Becky Sharp," in 1935, and ahead-of-their time techniques including overlapping dialogue. A native of what was Russian-ruled Georgia, Mamoulian also witnessed the Bolshevik Revolution -- and he was targeted during the Hollywood blacklist era in the '50s. | May 7, 2013»Read Full Blog Post